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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever! II

Neville Marriner · Stephen Cleobury · Yehudi Menuhin · John Barbirolli · Riccardo Muti · Adrian Boult · Alberto Lysy · Charles Mackerras · Jerzy Maksymiuk · Lorin Maazel

EMI2003Cat. 7243 5 66967 2 32h 2m29 tracks

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever! II (2003), CD, on EMI. Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Dmitri Shostakovich, Edward Elgar, Frédéric Chopin, performed by Neville Marriner, Stephen Cleobury, Yehudi Menuhin, John Barbirolli; 29 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Sheep May Safely Graze

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:37

02

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:45

03

Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Walter Susskind, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:26

04

Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2

5:19

05

Miserere mei, Deus (extract)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley

4:36

07

Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei

2:42

08

Dance of the Sylphs

Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust : Deuxième Partie : Scène 7. Ballet des sylphes (Orchestre)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:46

09

Water Music - Air from Suite no. 1 in F major

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IIIa. [Allegro]

Riccardo Muti, Berlin Philharmonic, Lothar Koch

4:43

10

’New World’ Symphony: II. Largo (opening)

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

4:47

12

Concerto for Lute and Two Violins, RV 93: II. Largo

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93

4:40

13

Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: III. Adagio

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré

5:15

14

Waltz no. 15 in A-flat major

Johannes Brahms - Walzer, op. 39: Nr. 15 As-dur

1:41

15

Romance from the Gadfly

Dmitri Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, op. 97a

Piers Lane, Tasmin Little

3:15

16

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

6:11

Disc 2

01

The Four Seasons - Concerto no. 1 in E major "Spring": III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

4:29

02

Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:16

03

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1042: II. Largo ma non tanto (opening)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

2:36

04

Prelude no. 7 in A major, op. 28 no. 7

Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 7 in A major, op. 28

1:06

06

The Lark Ascending (opening)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Bean

6:26

07

Pathétique Sonata, op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”

Miklós Rózsa, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leonard Pennario

5:30

08

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury, City of London Sinfonia, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

3:35

09

Salut D’Amour

Edward Elgar - Salut d’amour, op. 12

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia

3:55

10

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125

2:37

12

Pavane for a Dead Princess

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Lorin Maazel, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:24

13

Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat major

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

4:31

14

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus

4:41

15

Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102: II. Andante

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102

Jerzy Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra, Dimitri Alexeev

6:08

16

Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, op. 9

Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

3:44

17

Symphony no. 5 in G-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto (conclusion)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:09